vicenzo Vincenzo Natali

Though there’s a veritable ocean of horror film being banished to Straight-to-Video-land (or not being picked up for distribution at all) that I can’t speak for, Horror films that get shown widely are almost always utter shite. This is a genre where the highest profile material comes out of a production company from Michael Bay. So it’s super-refreshing to see Warner Bros. pick up independently-produced Splice, a hybrid of horror and sci-fi that, while nothing masterful, is able to put forth an interesting story that is just as horrifying as any kill scene in the movie.